Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers: where your skills can take you
Maintain order and protect life and property by enforcing local, tribal, state, or federal laws and ordinances. Perform a combination of the following duties: patrol a specific area; direct traffic; issue traffic summonses; investigate accidents; apprehend and arrest suspects, or serve legal processes of courts. Includes police officers working at educational institutions.
Usual study level (from US data): Cert IV or Diploma (TAFE; if you have experience, recognition of prior learning can shorten it) · Australian citizen or permanent resident (depends on the force), then police recruit training
Job names and descriptions on this page come from the US government's job list (O*NET). Some use American words, for example "elementary school" for primary school.
Three moves that use what a police and sheriff's patrol officer already knows
Ranked by how much of the job's skills and knowledge carries over. Each one says what the move usually costs in study.
Detectives and Criminal Investigators
🧰 Your current job already uses reading people, sound judgement, solving difficult problems and working in step with other people.
🎓 A certificate or diploma. The most common level in Australia is a certificate or diploma (51%).
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Conduct investigations related to suspected violations of federal, state, or local laws to prevent or solve crimes.
Customs and Border Protection Officers
🧰 Your current job already uses reading people, sound judgement, working in step with other people and bringing people around to an idea.
🎓 No more study. Your current level of study is usually enough. The most common level in the US is high school or less (39%).
🪪 Australian citizen, with a federal security clearance and a suitability clearance (Border Force)
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Investigate and inspect persons, common carriers, goods, and merchandise, arriving in or departing from the United States or between states to detect violations of immigration and customs laws and regulations.
Public Safety Telecommunicators
🧰 Your current job already uses reading people, working in step with other people, looking after customers and clients and sound judgement.
🎓 No more study. Your current level of study is usually enough. The most common level in the US is high school or less (63%).
🔎 Find courses for this job on training.gov.au ↗
Operate telephone, radio, or other communication systems to receive and communicate requests for emergency assistance at 9-1-1 public safety answering points and emergency operations centers. Take information from the public and other sources regarding crimes, threats, disturbances, acts of terrorism, fires, medical emergencies, and other public safety matters. May coordinate and provide information to law enforcement and emergency response personnel. May access sensitive databases and other information sources as needed. May provide additional instructions to callers based on knowledge of and certification in law enforcement, fire, or emergency medical procedures.
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